“The Blind Side” inspiration and retired NFL player Michael Oher — who made bombshell accusations last week against Sean and Leigh Anne Tuohy, claiming they withheld his portion of the profits from the movie — is now alleging that he also never saw a cent from the use of his name, image or likeness over the last two decades.
Oher filed a motion Monday in a Tennessee probate court accusing the Tuohys — who were appointed his conservators in 2004 — of disregarding “their statutory and fiduciary duties” by not filing “timely accounting” once in 19 years, the Los Angeles Times reported.
As a result of the Tuohys’ negligence, Oher’s attorneys argue, the former Baltimore Ravens player, 37, was “excluded” from contracts negotiated on his behalf — including the 2006 deal with 20th Century Fox for film rights to Michael Lewis’ “The Blind Side: The Evolution of the Game,” which featured his life story.
Oher has “no knowledge” of the income generated by the use of his name and likeness and claims that he never gave the Tuohys permission to use his identity to “enrich themselves at [his] expense” with “unfettered access” to assets, the filing continues.
The scathing documents are the latest in the offensive lineman’s bombshell lawsuit last week seeking to end the conservatorship that he says the Tuohys misled him into agreeing to under the guise of adoption when he was a teenage gridiron star.
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